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Muzaffarnagar, Jan 12: A witness in the Asaram Bapu's Surat rape case, 35-year-old Akhil Gupta, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Jansath Road under New Mandi police station area here when he was returning home this evening. Police said Gupta was shot at when he was on his way home and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Gupta was cook and personal aide of

Kundapur, Jan 12: In a shocking incident, a Class 4 boy, who went missing after leaving his home at Kota near here, on Saturday, was found dead in a well under mysterious circumstances on Monday. Police retrieved the body of Sughosh Adiga (9) from a well at Bannadi-Upladi area with the help of local residents and fire personnel and sent it for post mortem. The dead body was recovered after, a 15

Jehanabad/Bihar, Jan 12: A group of activists, allegedly belonging to Bajrang Dal, today disrupted a prayer meeting of Christians and thrashed people attending it in Jehanabad town, around 55 km from Patna. Alleging that the prayer meeting this evening at Madhav Nagar locality was being used to convert people to Christianity, the attackers disrupted the Sunday gathering which was being attended by

Mangaluru, Jan 12: The organizers of Hindu Hridaya Sangama, a massive Hindutva convention scheduled to be held on January 16 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, have raked up a controversy by using a terrorist's image in their hoardings. The photo of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key accused in the 2008 Malegoan terror attack, which claimed at least seven human lives and injured many, on the

Bhatkal, Jan 12: Majlis-Islah-O-Tanzeem, a powerful organization in Bhatkal, which had given bandh call in the town on Monday, has put off the agitation following the intervention by the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Uttara Kannada district. President of the association Mohammed Muzammil Kazia conveyed this to presspersons after Deputy Commissioner Ujwal Kumar Ghosh and

Mangaluru, Jan 12: Thousands of Muslims took part in the district level convention of the Samasta Kerala Sunni Students Federation's Dakshina Kannada held at the Nehru Maidan on Sunday. The convention was prelude to the silver jubilee function of the SKSSF, a wing of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama, to be held in Thrissur in Kerala on February 19. SKSSF leader Shaikhuna Syed Muhammed Jifri, who

Gandhinagar/Gujarat, Jan 12: A US company on Sunday signed a document with Karnataka government, expressing interest to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant in the State. Representatives of Convalt Energy signed the document with officials of Department of Industries and Commerce of Government of Karnataka on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit at Mahatma Mandir in

Bhatkal, Jan 12: Khwja Sayeedi, the father of Riyaz Ahmed Sayeedi, who was picked up by the Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru police from Mangaluru International Airport, said that the arrest of his son had shocked him. Ahmed had been arrested on Saturday night a few minutes before he was scheduled to board a flight to Dubai. Ahmed was working at a hardware shop there. Sayeedi said that he had

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that practising yoga is essential for overall mental and physical well-being and has benefitted him ever since he has been doing it. Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of Karnataka Yoga Abhiyana programme organised by Karnataka Olympic Association and Shwasa Yoga Samsthe at Kanteerva Stadium, he said: œSaints and gurus have

Paris, Jan 11: A Muslim man was hailed as a hero by the French media for saving hostages during a hostage crisis in a Paris supermarket. Lassana Bathily, an employee at Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Vincennes, helped to guide a group of hostages into a downstairs walk-in freezer while the gunman was preparing to kill them, CNN reported. Bathily, a practicing Muslim, says he entered the